Artificial bait or ltjre



March 8, 19327. F. W, FARLEY 1,848,704

ARTIFICIAL BAIT OR LURE Filed April 5, 1930 Ef/WWW 1| Il!) ql im g mm l 4 f3 00,@ y@ E E Patented Mar. 8, 1932 PATENT OFFICE FRIEDv W. FARLEY, F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ARTIFICIAL BAIT OR LURE Application filed April 5,

invention relates to an artificial bait or lure and has for its principal object the provision of a fishing bait or lure that is relatively simple in construction, inexpensive of manufacture and which when trolled or drawn through the water, will simulate the ymovements and appearance of a minnow.

Further objects of my invention are, to provide a fishing bait or lure that is formed i0 from a single piece of material, preferably light weight metal so that it will tend to sink rather than to float as it is trolled or drawn through the water, further to form through the forward portion of the body of the lure, an inclined opening so that the lure, as a result of the pressure of water passing through said opening will be caused to dart in different directions after the manner of a live minnow as it is trolled, further to construct the lure so that it may be mounted upon a leader, preferably formed of wire, and which passes axially through the body of the lure, further. to relatively arrange the body of the lure and the leader so that the lateral darting movements of the lure as well as the vertical darting movements thereof. will be limited, thereby simulating the darting movements of alive minnow in the water and further, to Y provide a lure havinga recess in its rear end portion for the reception of the eye of the hook or hooks that are attached to the rear end of the leader. c Further objects of my invention are, to 5 provide an artificial bait or lure having its surface constructed so as to imitate the scales of a natural minnow and further, to construct the forward end of the body of the lure so that it will offer a minimum degree of resistance to the water through which the lure is trolled. K

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain nove-l Vfeatures of construction and arrangement of parts that will hereinafter be more fully de- 1930. Serial No. 442,007.

scribed and claimed and lillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. lis a top plan view of a fishing lure constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the lure with the rear end portion thereof in vertical section. Y

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings which illustrate a practical embodiment of my invention. 10 designates a substantially cylindrical body of light weight metal, preferably aluminum and which tapers slightly from an intermediate point toward both ends.

Formed through the forward portion of the body l0 is an opening 11 that is inclined relative to the axis of the body and the rear end of theopening which terminates on the external surface of the body 10 a short distance from' its forward end is in the form of an elongated oval opening 12 which gradually tapers in width toward its rear end, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

The forward end of this opening 11 is in the form of a circle and it coincides with the circumference of the forward end of the body 10 and as a result of such arrangement and construction a relatively sharp circular edge 13 is formed at the forward end of the body 80 so that as said body is trolled the resistance to forward movement is minimized.

The front end of the body 10 is formed so that the sharp circular edge occupies a slightly inclined position with its lower portion in advance of its upper portion and as a result, the lower portion of the body of the lure cuts through the water in advance of the upper portion and such action tends to cause the lure to dip or move downward while beingV i 16,V usually a suitable length of wire, extends through bore 14 and the rear end of this leaded is :secured in the -conventional manner to y the eyeE of asing'lefor multiple fish hook H.

itil) Asa result of this arrangement, the eye E of the hook occupies a. position a short dis-V tance to the rear end'o'fthe ybody 10, asillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

Formed on the sides of the forward portion of the body and extending downwardly and rearwardly fromthe front portion of opening 12 is a series ofy parallel grooves 17 that are lled lwith red enamel or similar `hard,'waterpr.oof material and these colored 'stripes are intended to represent giflls'and to -addto the l,general bright appearanceof the lure. f i 'Y Y" Formed integral with the sidesof the body 16, slightly to lthe :rear ofthe gill representing members, are circularlugs 18, in the outreir facesof whichfare formed recesses that are filled with bright coloringsubstance, for instance, red, blue or-green enamel. As illustrated in Fig. 5, the coloring substance 'in the lrecesses fi-n ythe lugs 18 is 'positioned Kbelow the outer faces ofthe lugsandthussaid colored substance is protected againStchipping or breakage as-aresult ofcontact with hard surfaces, for instance,a boat or some part ofthe accessories `or :paraphernalia generally -carried byanglers. v

`llnlorder Ito 'produce the-effect of scales on the surface ofthe body 1Q, said surfaceis pro- Y videdwith semi-circulargrooves or indenta- .tions 19 thatsomewhat-resemble theshape of fish scalesiand these grooves Ior lindentations are ililled with hard substance,-suchasrenamel, and which substance may be ldistinctively `polored, lfor instance,k red, blue, green. or yelow. f Y

lhen .my 4improved lure'is vin use, it is ,looselymounted,Onthe rear portion of a lead- .er 16 with the eye ofthe hoolror hooks positoned in the .recess andthe .lure is trolled `or drawn forwardly-through .the water.

Inasinuch as the lure is formed of metal andthe lower portion of the sharp circular edge 13 lis slightly in advance of the upper portion of said sharp edge, the lure will tend to sink below the surface ofthe water, rather -than `to iioat kthereupon and as the lure drawn vforvva'rdly,-a small column of water willfflow throughthe inclined opening 11 and the pressure of this'column ofwater against ='tl1e;`incl'inedbottomofthe opening wil'lvcause L the lure to dart or move quickly yin angular directions relative to a straightforward-path of travel and thus thelure will simulate the movements of a live minnow.

The lateral and vertical darting movements of the lure while it is being trolled, are controlled by the leader, and the particular construction of the forward end of the-lure for as the lure darts in any direction, the forward edge of the inclined openingwill engage against the leader, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5, thus bringing the lateral or vertical darting movement to .a stop and causing lure to dartoranovejn another direction.

n These dartingrmovements of the lure, together `with `the'bright appearance thereof,

.serves to. attract fish and in the event of a strike the fish will be caught on the hook or hooks that project from the rear of the body of the lure. i

Thus it will'beseen that Ihaveprovided an artificial bait or lure that is relativelysimple in construction, -inezqaensive of manufacture yand very `eective in performing Vthe functions for which it is intended; rl`he forward end of thelure is constructed so as vto permit the lure to'be dra-wn through the `water with minimum resistance andthe construction of the forward'end of the `lureandits relation to the leader `on Vwhich the lure is mounted Vcauses the lure todart'both laterally andver- `tically as it is drawn through .the water tand the area of travel of the lure lduring such darting movement-s is limited. Y

It `will be :understood th -t minorchanges in the size,"form and construction ofthe vari- -ous parts zof my improved artificial bait l.or `lure may be lmade and substituted for those 'herein lshown `and ldescribed without Vdeparting fromthe spiritV of my invention, the scope of which is set forth zin the appended claims.

.l claim -as my invention: Y 1. Ina `fishing lure, asubstantially cylindrical body having ablu'nt forwardend that is ldisposed substantially at right angles to the axis of the body and provided inv its forvward portion with an incl-ined opening, the forward end of which opening coincideswith vthe circumferential:edgeof the blunt for-wardY end of the body ofthe lure. p

2. Avlishinglure as set forthinclaim 1 and said circumferential edge being-sharpened.

3. A fishing lure as set forth in claim 1 and with an axial bore extending through said .body the forwardv end of which axial bore communicates withk the lower intermediate portion of said inclined opening.

4. 'lhe combination with a leader and a hook secured to the rear end thereof, of a substantially cylindrical lure provided with an axial bore for the accommodation yof said leader, there being a recess formed in the rear end of the lure body for the reception of Vthe eye of the hook that is connected to said formed through the forward portion of the lure body and the forward end of which opening coincides with the circumferential edge of the forward end of said lure body.

5 5. In a fishing lure, a substantially cylindrical body provided in its forward portion with an inclined opening, the forward end of which opening coincides with the circumferential edge at the forward end of the body of the lure and which circumferential edge is sharp and occupies an inclined plane so that its lower portion is in advance of its upper portion.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

FRED w. FARLEY. 

